YG Big Bang and KBS, who’s stronger… neither side will win
Published 2011-03-04 12:01
Not to say the comeback stage that YG Entertainment and KBS have for BigBang, they are conducting a psychological warfare. Taking this opportunity, the conflict between large entertainment companies and broadcasting companies are floating onto the surface.
With regards to BigBang’s appearance on KBS 2TV ‘Music Bank’ after having released an album in 2 years and 3 months, both parties are saying a different story. “Music Bank’ expressed that YG has requested for special treatment for BigBang, and YG claimed that they would want a stage no other like all the other artistes which allows them to sing about 2-3 songs.
KBS and YG, harbor dissatisfaction that BigBang was a backup nominee for end of last year’s ‘Viewers’ Selected 2010 Best Song’ and from the time they refused to make appearance at ‘KBS Song Festival’, it evoked much conflicts. Especially when BigBang had a 1 hour comeback show on SBS, all the more the dissatisfaction brewed.
Broadcasting companies and management companies are always in the midst of honeymoon and antagonism. Seo TaeJi’s group ‘Seo TaeJi and Boys’, debuted in 1992 on ‘Special TV Performance’ a corner called ‘Stage for New Song’ and since then formed an affinity with MBC. Even after he had become solo artist, he has for several times made special comeback stage at MBC.
On the other hand, duo ‘DBSK’ and group ‘SNSD’ and so forth who is under the management of SM Entertainment, had hostile relationships with MNET Media. SM and MNET, in 2008, arouse the start of a collision because of an issue of music distribution. Since then, in 2009, SM amplified that a music program show ‘MAMA’ that was hosted by MNET, lacked of a sense of fairness and thus disallowed the attendance of all artists that’s under SM Entertainment.
Furthermore, the conflict intensed when MNET invited JYJ’s Junsu,Yuchun and Jaejoong who was in the midst of a court battle with SM Entertainment to ‘MAMA’ in 2009. Even at the ‘MAMA’ show that was held in Macau last year during end November, none of the SM artists attended the event. But recently, MNET said, “We apologise and promise not to have the recurrence of having distribute any music material without prior concent from SM” and start anew with no one will remain an enemy forever if it’s a place with good gains.
Big entertainment companies are strong. On the 1st, one of CJ E&M (CJ Entertainment Media)’s subsidiary, MNET is a big media company. They own most of the cable channels and as much as music shows broadcasts, they are said to be terrestrial. They receive an apology from SM for having a continuous fight with this kind of company. There are a lot of people saying that the possible chances that the appearance of JYJ on shows is not smooth is because SM is exerting forces behind their backs.
The power of big management companies can also be seen from when JYP Entertainment’s Park JinYoung chased out Group 2pm’s Park JaeBum and it’s only after his apology had been accepted could he have a series of activities. Park JinYoung had sent a document to ‘The Federation of Artistic & Cultural Organization of Korea’ to request for favorable arrangements for him to continue his activities only after JaeBum had made an apology at his FanCafe saying, “I still feel apologetic to JYP’s PD Park JinYoung who had supported me materially and emotionally for causing him to feel disappointment in me.”
Big broadcasting companies are almighty. But SM, YG and JYP are growing themselves like the physique of a dinosaur with the principal of monopolizing the industry. And other resources like YouTube which opens up another window that provides interaction with fans have become more diversified. Even if it’s not a broadcasting company, there are still other sources that can be relied on.
With that, those artists who are under small management companies who are not that famous are facing having their talents buried. ‘Music Bank’ is after all only one out of the 3 broadcasters of music programs. Although there would be 4 if we were to add in MNET’s ‘M Countdown’, if it was taken into consideration that a count of about 15 teams will appear, it will be absurdly insufficient. If an artist from one of the bigger management company is to make a comeback, this number would then be reduced.
KBS 2TV ‘YooHeeYeol’s Sketchbook’ or EBS TV ‘EBS Space’ are music shows that has been airing for the sake of allowing talented musicians to show off their talents.
Through an anonymity identity, a viewer had expressed worry heaving a sigh saying, “The conflicts that’s happening between the broadcasting companies and management companies will eventually cause the Kpop World to malfunction.” and “If both parties have good relations, there will be programs created for the sake of those artists and if that is not so, both parties will only be wasting their efforts trying to fight each other.” Eventually, “Those singers who are less famous will be the ones suffering having to be judge mental of the whole issue.”
Original article. http://news.naver.com/main/read.nhn?mode=LSD&mid=sec&sid1=106&oid=003&aid=000372440
Translated by. @InHye87
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Oh gahd. Thank you soooo much for this!
I saw this news from someone on my T-List about 2-3 days ago(?), and I ended up copying and pasting this entire article on Google Translate.. well, I did it by paragraph and I somehow got the gist of it, but hell, if I l knew somebody would translate it, I wouldn’t have gone through the whole ordeal. :DDD